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{{Short description|Japanese manga and anime film series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name       = Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!
| image      = Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption    = A [[Flyer (pamphlet)|flyer]] promoting ''Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!''
| ja_kanji   = がんばれ!!タブチくん!!
| ja_romaji  = 
| genre      = [[Sports manga|Sports]] ([[baseball]]), [[comedy]], [[slice of life]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type        = manga
| author      = [[Hisaichi Ishii]]
| publisher   = [[Futabasha]]
| demographic = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine    = [[Weekly Manga Action]]
| first       = 1978
| last        = 1979
| volumes     = 3
| volume_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type     = film
| director = [[Tsutomu Shibayama]]
| producer = [[Yutaka Fujioka]]<br />[[Mataichirō Yamamoto]]
| writer   = [[Masaki Tsuji]]
| music    = [[Hiroki Inui]]
| studio   = [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]]
| released = November 10, 1979
| runtime  = 95 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type     = film
| title    = Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2nd Gekitō Pennant Race
| director = Tsutomu Shibayama
| producer = Yutaka Fujioka<br />Mataichirō Yamamoto
| writer   = Masaki Tsuji<br />others
| music    = Kensuke Kyō<br />Hiroki Inui
| studio   = Tokyo Movie Shinsha
| released = May 3, 1980
| runtime  = 94 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type     = film
| title    = Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3rd Aa Tsuppari Jinsei
| director = Tsutomu Shibayama
| producer = Yutaka Fujioka<br />Mataichirō Yamamoto
| writer   = [[Shōichirō Ōkubo]]<br />others
| music    = Kensuke Kyō<br />Hiroki Inui
| studio   = Tokyo Movie Shinsha
| licensee = 
| released = December 13, 1980
| runtime  = 96 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type        = manga
| title       = Tabuchi-kun
| author      = [[Hisaichi Ishii]]
| publisher   = [[Bunshun]]
| demographic = 
| magazine    = 
| first       = 1985
| last        = 1989
| volumes     = 5
| volume_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!'''''|がんばれ!!タブチくん!!||lit. "Good Luck!! Tabuchi[[-kun]]!!"|lead=yes}}, is a [[yonkoma]] [[manga]] series by [[Hisaichi Ishii]] which ran in the weekly ''[[Manga Action]]'' [[List of manga magazines|magazine]] from 1978 to 1979 in [[Japan]].<ref name="asahi">{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~eb9y-tmok/chara/tabuti/tabuti1.html|script-title=ja:第七回 タブチくん その(一) タイガース時代|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051011172522/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~eb9y-tmok/chara/tabuti/tabuti1.html|archive-date=11 October 2005}}</ref> After that series ended, Ishii continued creating more baseball gag comics which were then collected under the title {{nihongo|'''''Tabuchi-kun'''''|タブチくん|}} and released from 1985 to 1989.<ref name="asahi"/>

The main character of the [[gag comic]] series is based on (and named for) [[Kōichi Tabuchi]], a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[professional baseball]] player. While in most instances, the character in the manga is referred to using [[katakana]] characters, the [[kanji]] used for the real Tabuchi were used in one instance.

A series of three [[anime]] films based on the manga were released in 1979 and 1980.<ref name="movies">{{cite web|url=http://nakanoso.fc2web.com/g-list01.html|script-title=ja:がんばれ!!タブチくん!!スタッフリスト|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724011542/http://nakanoso.fc2web.com/g-list01.html|archive-date=24 July 2008|access-date=8 July 2014|language=ja}}</ref>

==Collections==
===''Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!''===
*Volume 1, ISBN none, January 1, 1979, [[Futabasha]]
*Volume 2, ISBN none, June 20, 1979, Futabasha
*Volume 3, ISBN none, December 28, 1979, Futabasha

===''Tabuchi-kun''===
*{{nihongo|''Hello Tabuchi''|こんにちはタブチくん|Konnichi wa Tabuchi-kun}} (vol.1)
:ISBN none, June 30, 1985, Futabasha
*{{nihongo|''Ah! Pro Baseball''|ああ!プロ野球|Aa! Puro Yakyū}} (vol.2)
:ISBN none, December 8, 1985, Futabasha
*{{nihongo|''Everyone's Pro Baseball''|みんなのプロ野球|Minna no Puro Yakyū}} (vol.3)
:ISBN none, November 28, 1986, Futabasha
*{{nihongo|''Our Baseball''|わしらのベースボール|Washira no Bēsubōru}} (vol.4)
:{{ISBN|4-575-93117-9}}, April 29, 1988, Futabasha
*{{nihongo|''Your Baseball''|あんたのベースボール|Anata no Bēsubōru}} (vol.5)
:{{ISBN|4-575-93160-8}}, May 14, 1989, Futabasha

<small>'''Sources:'''</small><ref name="asahi"/><ref name="abendrot">{{cite web|url=http://nakanoso.fc2web.com/i-list01.html|script-title=ja:いしいひさいち著作リスト|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124085125/http://nakanoso.fc2web.com/i-list01.html|archive-date=24 January 2010|access-date=8 July 2014|language=ja}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|1=http://www.tms-e.co.jp/search/introduction.php?pdt_no=83|name=''Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!'' (movie 1)}} at [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]]
*{{Official website|1=http://www.tms-e.co.jp/search/introduction.php?pdt_no=84|name=''Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!: Gekito Pennant Race'' (movie 2)}} at [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]]
*{{Official website|1=http://www.tms-e.co.jp/search/introduction.php?pdt_no=85|name=''Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!: Ā Tsuppari Jinsei'' (movie 3)}} at [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]]
*{{anime News Network|manga|11134}}
*{{anime News Network|movie 1|11129}}

{{Hisaichi Ishii works}}
{{TMS Entertainment films}}
{{Tsutomu Shibayama}}

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[[Category:1979 anime films]]
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[[Category:Baseball in anime and manga]]
[[Category:Bungeishunjū manga]]
[[Category:Comedy anime and manga]]
[[Category:Films directed by Tsutomu Shibayama]]
[[Category:Futabasha manga]]
[[Category:Hisaichi Ishii]]
[[Category:Japanese animated films]]
[[Category:Manga adapted into films]]
[[Category:Seinen manga]]
[[Category:Slice of life anime and manga]]
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[[Category:Yonkoma]]